"Canuck57" wrote in message
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Going boating, regs or no regs every sane boater brings a good knife. In
fact I don't remember seeing knive in our regs, but it is a good practice.
Expecially if you have to cut others line out of the prop.

Maybe even 2 or 3. Me, I have one on my belt and another in the tackle
box as a minimum. Usually a couple more at the fish cleaning station.
Need to cut rope or a fish, or fishing line, only a quick reach away.

But keeping them shape. Same problem in the home. Real pain in the
crack. What experiences work best to get these things sharp enough to
shave with? Not gimick solutions, I mean get knives real professionally
sharp but do it at home or the cottage. What methods are people using?

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We all work for government, they ceased working for us a long time ago.

I have a diamond stone in the camper and a Chef's choice 460 at home, plus
good stones. But I seem to revert to the Hunter Honer more these days.
http://www.hunterhoner.com/ does a good job. Then follow up with a good
steel. Use the steel a lot and less sharpening. Plus get good knives. My
main knives are Forschner and Henkel's. Mostly Forschner. Bad knife steel
and the edge goes away quickly.